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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what was Francisco to wear to his eighth grade graduation?
(a) White shirt, black pants, and a tie.
(b) Suit and tie.
(c) White shirt and dark pants.
(d) Khakis and a white button-down shirt.

2. In Chapter 10, what was left for Roberto and Francisco when they were cleaning the gas company?
(a) Bowl of candy.
(b) Cheese and crackers.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Finger sandwiches.

3. In Chapter 7, what did Roberto and Francisco get paid an hour working for Ito?
(a) 85 cents.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 75 cents.
(d) 90 cents.

4. In Chapter 2, what one thing did Francisco not miss when he and Roberto were alone?
(a) Helping his siblings get dressed.
(b) Rubbing his father's back.
(c) Emptying the bedpan.
(d) Scrubbing the floor.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 10 in the fall, what job did Papa get?
(a) Weeding.
(b) Pulling carrots.
(c) Digging potatoes.
(d) Thinning lettuce.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what type of van did the Santa Maria Window Cleaners have?

2. In Chapter 7, where did Roberto work the summer after Francisco graduated from junior high?

3. In Chapter 2, what did Francisco remember his mother using to make roll the dough for tortillas?

4. In Chapter 4, when did Roberto and Francisco expect their family would return?

5. In Chapter 6, what aftershave did Papa put on Francisco's face?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, why did the family fall behind on their rent payments?

2. In Chapter 7, what did Roberto, Francisco, and Papa get paid for working for Ito, and why did Papa get more money?

3. What happened when Francisco was in eighth grade?

4. In Chapter 6, why was Francisco relieved that they lost their three acres of strawberries?

5. In Chapter 5, what happened when Francisco's father tried to be a sharecropper?

6. In Chapter 9, what happened the morning when Francisco was running a few minutes late for P.E. class?

7. In Chapter 4, how did a curandera heal Francisco's father's back?

8. In Chapter 10, how did Roberto and Francisco earn extra money?

9. In Chapter 2, how did Roberto lose and then get his janitor job back?

10. In Chapter 5, what did Francisco do to deal with the boredom of picking strawberries?

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